A health campaign is urging parents to treat their pharmacist as their first port of call for their children’s minor illnesses instead of visiting their GP or A&E.

NHSEngland said there were 18m GP appointments and 2.1m visits to A&E for self-treatable conditions every year, at a cost of £850m to the health service.

Millions of parents could get more convenient and timely expert advice by taking their concerns to their local pharmacist first, which would also ease pressure on GPs and emergency services, the campaign will say.

NHS England said research showed that only 6% of parents with children under the age of five would consider seeking help about a minor health concern from a high street pharmacist in the first instance.

This despite 79% of adults saying they were aware that pharmacists were qualified healthcare professionals who could give advice on most common illnesses.

NHS England says about 95% of people live within walking distance of a community pharmacy, meaning they are an accessible and valuable first port of call for minor health concerns such as coughs, colds and teething troubles.

The NHS is working with pharmacies to increase the range of patient services they provide, including asthma audits and flu vaccinations.

Figures released from a pilot study last week showed that more than 1,200 patients who called NHS 111 over the winter had been seen by pharmacists instead of GPs or being sent to A&E.

The six-month trial in the north-east of the country allows NHS 111 operators to refer appropriate non-emergency patients to community pharmacies during late-night, weekend and out-of-hours periods.

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frankly colds and flus are acute illnesses which have a lifespan of about a week which coincidently is the amount of meds coverage you get from the doc , so is it really the doc's meds or your own immune system that sorts you out?

since the early nineties no doc has handed out antibiotics routinely for such small infections as it is not necessary ... so most coughs and colds have been dealt with by cough linctus which is just simple sugar syrup with citric acid monohydrate added and the occasional dose of paracetemol/ibuprofen .... both of which are not great as ibuprofen kills off gut bacteria weakening immune system and digestion and paracetemol has issues with stomach and liver if overused. Ideally we should let the fever run its course as it makes the body hostile to the virus , just monitoring temperature doesn't stay high for too long , can use warm water clothes to cool brows , and administering fluids and food as necessary.

If you make sure your kids get a wide variety of fruit and veg and supplement vit A, D they will not succumb to illnesses so easily or stay ill for long . This government is determined to sellout the NHS to american corporations they are currently weakening it to prepare a case for doing that to the public , it is all very cynical . If Brexit goes through this will help the tories to trundle their secret deals forward without the european court of human rights being able to interfere ...that is what the referendum was about ...selling out the Uk population to american and other corporations

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frankly colds and flus are acute illnesses which have a lifespan of about a week which coincidently is the amount of meds coverage you get from the doc , so is it really the doc's meds or your own immune system that sorts you out?

since the early nineties no doc has handed out antibiotics routinely for such small infections as it is not necessary ... so most coughs and colds have been dealt with by cough linctus which is just simple sugar syrup with citric acid monohydrate added and the occasional dose of paracetemol/ibuprofen .... both of which are not great as ibuprofen kills off gut bacteria weakening immune system and digestion and paracetemol has issues with stomach and liver if overused. Ideally we should let the fever run its course as it makes the body hostile to the virus , just monitoring temperature doesn't stay high for too long , can use warm water clothes to cool brows , and administering fluids and food as necessary.

If you make sure your kids get a wide variety of fruit and veg and supplement vit A, D they will not succumb to illnesses so easily or stay ill for long . This government is determined to sellout the NHS to american corporations they are currently weakening it to prepare a case for doing that to the public , it is all very cynical . If Brexit goes through this will help the tories to trundle their secret deals forward without the european court of human rights being able to interfere ...that is what the referendum was about ...selling out the Uk population to american and other corporations

No vitamin c?

Flus/colds, also, thrive in an acidic environment (sugar) - water flushes out toxicity and helps neutralise the body.

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This government is determined to sellout the NHS to american corporations they are currently weakening it to prepare a case for doing that to the public , it is all very cynical .

How could that be possible? Is the NHS not organized as 470 separate individual local trusts?How could the government sell NHS off even if it wanted to (which I see no evidence that it wants to--especially with a minority government)?

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How could that be possible? Is the NHS not organized as 470 separate individual local trusts?How could the government sell NHS off even if it wanted to (which I see no evidence that it wants to--especially with a minority government)?

may's husband is handling the sell off of property from the seperate entity built by Jeremy Hunt as a storage company within the NHS . There are currently secret deals being negotiated (check on 38degrees.org) with the Americans to privatise and give/sell them the NHS contracts (piecemeal conversion to private model) . They are also planning to enact the legal framework transplanted from TTIP TTTP type secret contracts to allow the corporations to sue countries govt i.e. the people for compensation if they don't win the contracts for whatever reason. Remember Richard branson already has taken a big chunk of cash out of the NHS .

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may's husband is handling the sell off of property from the seperate entity built by Jeremy Hunt as a storage company within the NHS . There are currently secret deals being negotiated (check on 38degrees.org) with the Americans to privatise and give/sell them the NHS contracts (piecemeal conversion to private model) .

38degrees.org ?

The website is non-operational, and the domain is defunct.

Have any other references?

23 minutes ago, jkvlondon said:

TTIP TTTP

Donald Trump withdrew from the secret Trans Pacific Partnership treaty as the first thing he did. Have any information anything else coming?

Donald Trump withdrew from the secret Trans Pacific Partnership treaty as the first thing he did. Have any information anything else coming?

those are being rekindled under different labels ... too much promise for corporations to let it go ... my bad I missed the dot uk

38degrees.org.uk

I get regular updates via email , today's campaign letter:

Dear X,

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is planning to restructure how our NHS works. His plans could allow private health companies to win huge contracts to provide care for up to ten years. [1]

Jeremy Hunt will be doing all he can to keep the plans out of the spotlight. Right now lots of patients - and even MPs! - don't know about them. [2] That means we can't be sure that they put patients first.

Together, we could launch a campaign tomorrow to try to put the brakes on these plans. But it’ll need to be big if we’re going to stop him in his tracks - one petition won’t be enough. We’ll need to come together in our hundreds of thousands to stand up to Jeremy Hunt and demand he goes back to the drawing board.

We make the best decisions when we all have our say. So X do you think we should launch a campaign to stop huge chunks of our NHS being handed to private companies?

The changes Jeremy Hunt plans to introduce are called 'Accountable Care Organisations', or ‘ACOs’. [3] Some people think the plans are a good idea and could lead to better care for patients. Services could work together more, and patients could get a smoother experience of the NHS. [4]

But as it stands, ACOs could also dramatically increase the amount of services provided by private companies. That means businesses that put profit over patients could be handed contracts lasting 10 years. [5]

If we want to stop private companies running more and more of our NHS, Jeremy Hunt is going to have to go back to the drawing board. To convince him, we’re going to have to use every trick up our sleeves.

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Of course we keep trying. And of course we accept hukam. How to do both?
There is a story of a christan girl, Amy Carmicheal, who grows up to become a missionary or nun i forget, goes to india and saves devdasis from dancing at temples and raises them in orphanages.
When she was young, she was told God answers all prayers. So she prayed at night. God please give me blue eyes. She had brown eyes. When she woke up. Her eyes were still brown.
She was disappointed and thought God didnt answer my prayer. Then she smiled. She said. He did answer. He said no.
So keep praying. Praying is like begging. A beggar cant get mad if someone doesnt give him something. No one owes the beggar anything. He can only keep begging.
So tell urself, i am asking the lord for something. I have no right to expect it. God has every right to say no. Accept that. Keep asking, dont get sad or mad at the rejection. Everything God does is right. If he hasnt healed u today. It was Gods will therefore benefits all. Tere Bhane Sarbat Da Balla. In your will, All is well. Ask again tomorrow.if answer is no. Accept it. Then ask again the next day.eventually God will have mercy. Persistant beggars usually win.

He doesn't like this place, for reasons I have stated before. No offence to anyone here, but to outside this place, Sikh Sangat has a reputation of being a very "conservative" forum, and this is not my personal opinion.
Also, I disagree with your theoretical description of him, hes not like that.
If you wanna talk to him, you can create an account on r/Sikh.
I think you need to go back and read my comment from last time, that wasn't my opinion, that was a friend of mine (Naamdhari supporter) who said it, I even said in my comment that it wasn't my personal opinion.
As for my personal opinion on this forum, Its still too early for me to comment on things, however I didnt like the fact that a mod removed a link that I posted (to a form that I moderate) and claimed I was "targeting" someone, or even the fact that you got warned for some stupid reason and I called out that person but received no response.

Tell him to make an account here. I would like to talk to this pakhandi baba. Sounds like the type who would promote mouth-to-mouth Simran, no offence to him.
True. I hope you no longer hold the same opinions about Sikh Sangat as you once did.

I dont know his name. He goes by bulandpuri babaji. Hes really big in canada and getting famous in usa. His english isnt bad. And the accent, quite slight, just makes him sound more mystical and spiritual. Im sure hes on youtube.
I dont know much about him. But my favorite kathavachak, bhai sahib singh ji canada wale, follows him so he must be good person. 😄😃😆😅

But when someone spreads false parchaar and misrepresents Bani, then thats a serious issue that we as a community need to have a discussion on.
As I said before, I like to get out of my intellectual echo chamber and seek new ideas and diverse people. Ive ended up learning a lot, and its better to have a friendly debate with a friend, rather than get grilled by a person of another religion/dharma in public.
I would prefer we have an intellectually stimulating discussion rather than resorting to such measures...